Ryan Kerrigan

New UF coach Jim McElwain took one step closer to completing the Gators coaching staff on Monday. The school announced McElwain would retain offensive line coach Mike Summers, who joined the Gators in 2014. UF also confirmed several hires reported in recent days, highlighted by former Miami coach Randy Shannon. As reported last week, Shannon will leave Arkansas to become the Gators assistant head coach and linebackers coach. Shannon spent the past two seasons coaching linebackers at Arkansas. But the Miami native is best known for his four seasons (2007-10) as head coach of the Miami Hurricanes, where he had been a starting outside linebacker for the 1987 national title team. The...

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